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MDI31F04SW00297
| Record Name(s) | Bentley Lake - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron, Magnetite
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 1' 39.41" Longitude: -77° 55' 5.12"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 270120.347 Northing: 4990161.273 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Point just N of Bentley Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Hwy 28 to Siddon Lake road, park past the end of the road (past lot 101) and walk N 250 m to a trench on the S slope of a steep hill. A large face of calcite contains ilmenite crystals. Magnetite # 1 : 60 ft N-NW of cottage road as it traverses 'pt 98' of lots 14-15, con A. A trench, 30 x 2-5 ft deep and 3-4 ft wide is on the N. Pappas property - no collectors allowed. Magnetite # 2 : On the S-facing slope, immediately below a bluff, about 100 ft into lot 15 (W) from Pappas' W boundary. A trench, 100 x 3-5 ft wide and 1-6 ft deep. Property owned by E. Stanfelj, mining rights by Madawaska Mines. Magnetite # 3 : About 400 ft NW of # 2, on the top of a ridge. Spotty diggings extend 300 ft W, 3-5 ft wide and 2-10 ft deep - magnetite with sphene. Ilmenite : lot 15, con A, about 400 ft W of # 2 and 150 ft SW of # 3. Calcite face with vug, about 35 x 8 ft high, 10 ft W of a skid road on it's E side and 200 ft E of a skid road on it's W side.
Mineral location : World Class specimens of ilmenite - up to 11.0 kg in size ! Also, magnetite, up to 10.0 kg in size ! Anatase as well (pseudomorphic after ilmenite).
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Calcite vug.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Anatase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphene | Economic | Ore |
File - Resident Geologist files 1986
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 203, 218-219 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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